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SillyOctpuss said:
I came home today and found this at my back gate. Now I had a few drinks over Christmas and new year but didn't think I was drunk enough to order a dodgy Dr Who bad guy.

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I wonder I'd there's any decent transistors or anything in there to harvest? At least I know I've found the perfect enclosure for my vanity fuzz :ROFLMAO:
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That's a pretty serious transformer you've got there. Make sure you get caps and resistors that can handle the load.
 
Ugh, it's so good @steviejr92. Welcome to my pretty box stash new mustard friend. I threw the hat I was telling you about in the background. This has been my main cold weather look since my mother knitted it almost 20 years ago. So yeah, had to jump on this enclosure. My next new favorite bass fuzz is gonna look tiiiight. I just realized it's kinda Marvel's Wolverine colors. Screenshot_20240111_145716_Gallery.jpg
 
Mentaltossflycoon said:
Ugh, it's so good @steviejr92. Welcome to my pretty box stash new mustard friend. I threw the hat I was telling you about in the background. This has been my main cold weather look since my mother knitted it almost 20 years ago. So yeah, had to jump on this enclosure. My next new favorite bass fuzz is gonna look tiiiight. I just realized it's kinda Marvel's Wolverine colors. View attachment 65676
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Man that matches perfectly!

Im so glad you like it dude, that beanie is awesome! I wish i had the skill to make one of those!
 
Mentaltossflycoon said:
Ugh, it's so good @steviejr92. Welcome to my pretty box stash new mustard friend. I threw the hat I was telling you about in the background. This has been my main cold weather look since my mother knitted it almost 20 years ago. So yeah, had to jump on this enclosure. My next new favorite bass fuzz is gonna look tiiiight. I just realized it's kinda Marvel's Wolverine colors. View attachment 65676
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That is so very cool. That's going to be an awesome fuzz.
 
SillyOctpuss said:
I came home today and found this at my back gate. Now I had a few drinks over Christmas and new year but didn't think I was drunk enough to order a dodgy Dr Who bad guy.

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I wonder I'd there's any decent transistors or anything in there to harvest? At least I know I've found the perfect enclosure for my vanity fuzz :ROFLMAO:
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Definitely gives.off Wish.com Dalek vibes.
 
SillyOctpuss said:
The UK and Japanese made radios have some really nice transistors in them which is why I'm still picking them up e.g. I've got a selection of oc44s and oc71s to try in a rangemaster and some oc81ds to try in a tone bender. Plus the bonus of knowing they're real, they haven't had all the good ones picked out and they haven't cost me a ton of money.
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Do you look for specific brands/radio models if you're hunting for the extra-mojo transistors, or do you just roll the dice and hope the radios you buy have something special in them?
 
MobyOctopad said:
Do you look for specific brands/radio models if you're hunting for the extra-mojo transistors, or do you just roll the dice and hope the radios you buy have something special in them?
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I look them up on here which will sometimes tell you what should be in there.

Antique Radios, 345 043 Antique Radios listed | Radiomuseum.org

Radio Museum, ANTIQUE RADIOS: 345 043 Antique Radios, Schematics, Pictures - Radio Catalog
www.radiomuseum.org

Then I look to see if they've posted a pic of the pcb and you can usually see what's there.
 
Mentaltossflycoon said:
Ugh, it's so good @steviejr92. Welcome to my pretty box stash new mustard friend. I threw the hat I was telling you about in the background. This has been my main cold weather look since my mother knitted it almost 20 years ago. So yeah, had to jump on this enclosure. My next new favorite bass fuzz is gonna look tiiiight. I just realized it's kinda Marvel's Wolverine colors. View attachment 65676
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As soon as @steviejr92 starts providing UV printing services, he’s going to be the go-to for everything enclosure. A guy can always hope, right? :)

I got something yellow in the mail today also. Rebuilding my collection a little at a time.

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MobyOctopad said:
Do you look for specific brands/radio models if you're hunting for the extra-mojo transistors, or do you just roll the dice and hope the radios you buy have something special in them?
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There are a few brands that were made in England/UK.
After a bit, you'll be able to spot the Japanese build pretty easily.
I e had some Japanese build where all labeling had been removed. I'm guessing skirting import/export duties.
I think we may be reaching the point where there's enough of us doing this that we're driving the price up on each other. I know not was one of you the sniped that GE radio Wednesday. :sneaky:
 
jwin615 said:
There are a few brands that were made in England/UK.
After a bit, you'll be able to spot the Japanese build pretty easily.
I e had some Japanese build where all labeling had been removed. I'm guessing skirting import/export duties.
I think we may be reaching the point where there's enough of us doing this that we're driving the price up on each other. I know not was one of you the sniped that GE radio Wednesday. :sneaky:
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This is super helpful, thanks! Just what I needed, though, another way to enable my compulsive need to find as many non-Soviet germanium transistors as I can :ROFLMAO:

Would definitely be interested in some kind of radio hunting thread, though!
 
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